Journal article
Wound dehiscence and stump infection after lower limb amputation: risk factors and association with antibiotic use.
- Dunkel N Department of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Belaieff W
- Assal M
- Corni V
- Karaca Ş
- Lacraz A
- Uçkay I
- 2012-06-07
Published in:
- Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association. - 2012
Aged
Amputation
Amputation Stumps
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Female
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Dehiscence
Surgical Wound Infection
Time Factors
English
BACKGROUND
Optimal duration of antibiotic prophylaxis following major lower limb amputation in preventing adverse stump outcomes is controversial.
OBJECTIVE
We assess the epidemiology and risk factors of wound dehiscence and stump infection after mid-thigh to transmetatarsal amputations with regard to antibiotic administration.
METHODS
Our retrospective observational study at the Geneva University Hospital (January 1995-June 2010) includes a total of 289 amputations in 270 adult patients (199 males; median age 70 years).
RESULTS
Wound dehiscence and/or stump infection occurred in 47 (16.3%) and 63 (21.8%) patients with a median delay of 24 and 14 days, respectively. No clinical variable was significantly associated with stump infection. Diabetes and older age (>80 years) were associated with dehiscence. Importantly, transcutaneous tissue oxygen tension (TcPO2) and duration of antibiotic administration showed no association with either outcome.
CONCLUSION
The duration of antibiotic administration before or after surgery does not change the epidemiology of stump complications.
Optimal duration of antibiotic prophylaxis following major lower limb amputation in preventing adverse stump outcomes is controversial.
OBJECTIVE
We assess the epidemiology and risk factors of wound dehiscence and stump infection after mid-thigh to transmetatarsal amputations with regard to antibiotic administration.
METHODS
Our retrospective observational study at the Geneva University Hospital (January 1995-June 2010) includes a total of 289 amputations in 270 adult patients (199 males; median age 70 years).
RESULTS
Wound dehiscence and/or stump infection occurred in 47 (16.3%) and 63 (21.8%) patients with a median delay of 24 and 14 days, respectively. No clinical variable was significantly associated with stump infection. Diabetes and older age (>80 years) were associated with dehiscence. Importantly, transcutaneous tissue oxygen tension (TcPO2) and duration of antibiotic administration showed no association with either outcome.
CONCLUSION
The duration of antibiotic administration before or after surgery does not change the epidemiology of stump complications.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1007/s00776-012-0245-5
- PMID 22669444
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/221976
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